Forian (FORA) Competitors

Forian (NASDAQ:FORA) and National Research (NASDAQ:NRC) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is FORA or NRC more profitable?

National Research has a net margin of 17.32% compared to Forian's net margin of 0.00%. National Research's return on equity of 66.52% beat Forian's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Forian	N/A	N/A	N/A
National Research	17.32%	66.52%	20.00%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FORA or NRC?

19.3% of Forian shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.3% of National Research shares are held by institutional investors. 31.3% of Forian shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of National Research shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FORA or NRC?

National Research received 101 more outperform votes than Forian when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.91% of users gave Forian an outperform vote while only 61.67% of users gave National Research an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Forian	Outperform Votes 10 90.91%	Underperform Votes 1 9.09%
National Research	Outperform Votes 111 61.67%	Underperform Votes 69 38.33%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FORA or NRC?

National Research has higher revenue and earnings than Forian. Forian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Research, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Forian	$20.15M	3.13	-$2.81M	-$0.09	-22.44
National Research	$143.06M	1.82	$24.78M	$1.05	10.82

Does the media prefer FORA or NRC?

In the previous week, National Research had 4 more articles in the media than Forian. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for National Research and 3 mentions for Forian. National Research's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Forian's score of 0.85 indicating that National Research is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Forian	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Research	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend FORA or NRC?

Forian currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 147.52%. Given Forian's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Forian is more favorable than National Research.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Forian	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
National Research	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility and risk, FORA or NRC?

Forian has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Research has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

National Research beats Forian on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.